Rubenstein is the batty ex-editor-in-chief of Seventeen magazine.

Atoosa Behnegar was born in Tehran, the daughter of a colonel in the Iranian air force, and spent her childhood in Queens and Long Island before attending Barnard. As a college student, she interned at Sassy; in 1993 she landed her first paying job in the biz as an assistant to Helen Gurley Brown at Cosmo. Atoosa quickly ascended the editorial ladder: At just 26, she managed to convince Hearst honcho Cathie Black to start a new title, CosmoGIRL!, and signed on as founding editor. Following Hearst's 2003 acquisition of Seventeen from Primedia, Atoosa took over the editorial reins of the teen glossy and boosted circulation (and buzz) during her three-year stint. After tasting fame with her MTV reality show Miss Seventeen—and amid rumors of bizarre on-the-job happenings—in 2006 she quit (or was fired, depending on whom you talk to) and was replaced by Ann Shoket. Atoosa immediately announced her plans to launch a web venture geared toward teen girls, Atoosa.com and Big Momma Productions.

The Muslim-born Rubenstein married Jewish commodities trader Ari Rubenstein in August 1998. (They split the difference and married in Unitarian-Universalist ceremony.) They had their first child, a daughter named Angelika McQueen, in 2008. [Image via Getty]